Back to the Garden

In this episode, I will review another book by Biblical scholar Rev. Marcus Borg. titled:" Reading the Bible Again for the First Time”. Rev. Borg had been studying and teaching the Bible in private and public colleges, universities and graduate schools for over 35 years when he wrote these books. The books represent a departure from the traditional way of seeing Jesus and the Bible. He says it thi...

For several years, I had been interested in doing a lesson on The Wizard of Oz. One day, while watching the movie for the umpteenth time, a thought crossed my mind: “Who wrote this and what were they thinking?” The reason for my curiosity came from the realization that the story is very similar, metaphorically, to the parable of the prodigal son. In fact, for Unity, this similarity can be ext...

Introducción al sendero espiritual Unity

The biblical story of Easter is rich with symbolic meaning about the unfolding of the human soul. Philosophically the question is: are we fundamentally matter, or are we fundamentally spirit (energy)? The vast majority of people on this planet see themselves as fundamentally matter and thus, separate from God. Transformation in our consciousness will rectify this error perception. Jesus, our way s...

What is the most basic idea there is concerning the topic of spirituality? Jesus was asked a similar question when the Pharisees challenged him to narrow down the importance of the 620 plus Jewish laws. His response was, “Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Two commandments; one message: Love. These were not the words of Jesus, though; he was quoting Torah. The New Thought Movement, of...

Charles Fillmore, cofounder of the Unity Movement, wrote: “Inherent in the Mind of Being are 12 fundamental ideas, which in action appear as primal creative forces. It is possible for a person to ally with and to use these original forces and thereby cooperate with the creative law, but in order to do this he or she must detach from the forces and enter into the consciousness of the idea lying bac...

Peace

Prayer-Connecting with Source

Our Thoughts Create Our Experiences

The Divine Spark Within

God is Good and Everywhere Present

The episode is based on an audio CD by Dr. Bruce Lipton called “The Wisdom of your Cells”. The central question this book raises is this : what is the relationship of our beliefs and our biology? The short answer is “everything”. Our beliefs have everything to do with our biology! The fact is our beliefs influence, affect, and even change our biology. In other words, our body responds to what we b...

The Science of Natural Healing

As human beings we are highly influenced, and even deceived, by the world around us. In our effort to understand our place in the universe, the general approach has hitherto been that we are observers of an objective universe. A universe that exists independently of us. In short, that life is happening “to us”. In the 1700s German Philosopher Immanuel Kant proposed a distinction between what he ca...

In the first episode, I talked about the allegory of The Garden of Eden. I included some references to the creation story. As a reminder, these stories are found in Genesis One and they represent the author’s attempt to address the classic philosophical questions: who are we, and where did we come from? As I was considering several topics for this week’s lesson, I came across a talk I had done som...

New Thought-The Greatest Story Never Told

Unity and Me (Part 2)

Unity and Me (Part 1)

Unity sees Jesus as the Master Teacher and Way-Shower. Christian Scripture points out that many of the teachings left by Jesus are in the form of a parable. A parable is defined as a story with a moral or spiritual meaning.  In all there are some 46 parables recorded in the New Testament, but perhaps the most notable is one called The Parable of the Lost Son, or Prodigal Son. Many of the para...

Science and Religion

Shift Happens

Interpreting the Bible symbolically, or as we say, metaphysically, is the central view that distinguishes Unity from traditional Christianity. This week I will be presenting our unique interpretation of The Lord’s Prayer.  The Lord’s Prayer is most likely the scripture most used by Christians. New Thought writer Emmet Fox says: “The Great Prayer is a compact formula for the development of the soul...

Interpreting the Bible symbolically, or as we say, metaphysically, is the central view that distinguishes Unity from traditional Christianity. This week I will be presenting our unique interpretation of The Lord’s Prayer.  The Lord’s Prayer is most likely the scripture most used by Christians. New Thought writer Emmet Fox says: “The Great Prayer is a compact formula for the development of the soul...

Resurrecting Jesus

What is the Universe?